Chewing-gum.



UNITED STATES PATENT oFnIoE.

HARRY M. WEBER, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ELLIS-FOSTER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW 3' cnEwIne-cum.

1,2 18,961. No Drawing.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY M. WEBER, a citizen of the United States residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State pf 6 New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chewing-Gum, of which the following is a speclfication.

This invention relates to chewing v gum compositions and relates particularly to comlo positions containing cumarln resin wh ch a product derived by the polymerization of such bodiesas cumarin and indene found in heavy coal tar naphthas.

. Cumarin resin may beprepared 111 van 15 ous states of plasticity or brittleness and according to the present IlIlVBIltlOIhl preferably employ a product of'a readily plastic nature which maybe easily incorporated with other ingredients of chewlng'gum, as for example, chicle, parafiin wax, and the like,,together with the usual sweetenlng and flavoring agents. a i In preparing chewing gum it is an object to secure aproduct, which will not soften too 26 readilyjn hot summer weather nor be highly brittle in winter weather and which will readily assume the proper degree of plastic- 7 hases used in the manufacture of chewing .ity when chewed; 'Chicle answers this purpose very well and is used in large quantities to but it is expensive and diflicult to thoroughly purify or refine. The cuma-rin resin inay be obtained-in various degrees of plasticity and-therefore agra'de may be selected which i adapts itself readily with chicle to produce 85 a plastic mass which moreover is .a patently not sosensitive to temperature 0 anges as;

some of the chewing gum compositions-hereto'foreplaced on the market. I

A composltlon illustrative of the present 40 invention is made by incorporating by aid of heat, 4.parts of chicle with 1--to 2 parts of cumarin resin; quantity 'of sugar equal to from one-half to three-f ourths' of the foregoing mixture is boiled with water 46- until the syrup isveryconcentrated forming a hair-when tested by the usual candy;

'makerstest. Thehot syrup and'the melted.

chicleand resin are incorporated and the usual flavoring ingredients such as pepper- 50 mint, wintergreen, spearmint, etcl, suitably V ing ehicle, cumar'm res n'and a sweetening added to the mass and vthelatter rolled out and sheeted and cut in the manner well knowninthe art. 1

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 7; 1917. Serial No. 160,486.

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What I claim is-:

Patented Dec. 4,1917.

Another composition is 'made by melting 5 parts by weight of plastic cumarin res n with 15 parts of chicle, 10 parts of sugar are boiled with 5 parts of water and admixed with the melted chicle. Peppermint oil is added. The sugarcontent may be greatly increased if desired. Glycerin, waxes, etc., may also be added in somecases.

. The quality of the cumarin resin in some taste or odor. It consists mainly of" unsaponifiable bodies. The resin may be similarly purified by acid treatment or other suitable refining process. The difl'erent grades of cumarin resin may be readily obtained by distilling in vacuum or other ways the mass of the crude cumarin resin producing fractions of different degrees of of chicle, wax, 0r otheringredient or compoundemployed 1n the particular operation "in hand as w1ll now be evident from the description setforth above. a v v ;With some of. the gum materials or gum gum and particularly chicle, cumarin resin may be used advantageously as a protec- "tive' agent, assisting in reducing the tend; ency of the chicle to oxidize andbecome of a moreor less granular characterIwherebyf the chewing properties are impaired, Hence the present invention embraces the use of I viscosity and plasticity, selecting from these such fractions as best blend with the grade cumariniresin and particularly a form, of

this resin free from disagreeable odor and flavor due to the presence of coal tar bodies andespecially the use of cumarin resin. of

a lasticnature readily. incorporated with j chicle or similar gum basis, and capable-of assisting in reducingthe degree of o'xidation of the gum. Such a mixture or blend is incorporated with sweetening and flavor-v ing agents as required. The

cumarin resin appears to assist 1n retaining the flavor, which I have noted is quite lastjL'A chewing gum composition comprisagent.,-"-

2. A chewing gumcompos'ition comprispresence of K I I ing cumarin resin and other ingredients ing cumarin resin free from disagreeable 1 forming a plastic mass incorporated w1th odor and flavor.

sweetening and flavoring components. 6. A chewing gum comprising a gum basis 3. A chewing gum composition compriscontaining a protective agent comprising 5 ing plastic cumarm resin. cumarin resin, sweetening and flavoring in- 4. A chewing gum composition comprisgredients. I ing plastic cumarm resin free from impuri- 7. A chewing gum composition confifiining ties or disagreeable odor and flavor. coumarone resin.

5. A chewing gum compositioncompris- HARRY M.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,248,961, granted December 4,

19f), upon the application of Harry M. Weber, of East Orange, New Jersey, for an improvement. in "Chewing-Gum," an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as iolloivs: In the specification and claims wherever it occurs,

for the word cumarinaread cumorom; and that: the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the eeme may conform to the record of the case in the Patent 0mm.

Si ned and ceded this 26th da a: February, A. 1)., ms.

F.. w. H. CLAY,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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